The Responsible Supply Chain Show

Don't kill your millennial dreams of a better world just yet. How did we get from ideas like 'buy a shoe, give a shoe' so popular in the 2010s, to embedding forced labor restrictions into U.S. tariff requirements? Emmy-winning creative director John Matejczyk joins us to discuss virtue signals, grievance marketing, greenwashing, and our innate desire for authenticity from the brands that run our l...

In this episode, we speak with Professor Bridgette Carr from the University Of Michigan about how courts are ruling around forced labor in supply chains. Her knowledge and humanity have been tapped for some of the largest trafficking cases, including the Epstein Case.

This is a spicy one, so switch on genius mode and get ready to fry some circuits. Alison Taylor from NYU Stern School of Business is here to challenge assumptions about responsible supply chains and perhaps make us all a bit more intellectually honest, or at least curious. She says the quiet part out loud, and asks 'what are you pretending not to know?. 

Geopolitical threats and trade instability are priority one for C-Suites. Alas, most companies have no idea what exposure their supply chain faces. The good doctor Karsten Machholz is here to vaccinate your supply chain and get you back out into the marketplace to play with the other kids.

The World Economic Forum just wrapped up and made one thing clear. The new world order is upon us. And who better to help navigate this new world than a Queen who can quell our worried hearts. This week, we speak with Sheri Hinish (Supply Chain Queen) about the tectonic shifts in both trade and sustainability goals, and dig into whether consultants matter in the world of AI. This pod packs a punch...

Business and media have always had a complicated and co-dependent relationship. On this episode, we talk with Xanthe Sharff about her work at the Fuller Project, which investigates stories about human rights issues in supply chains, published in outlets like TIME and The New York Times. Her recent work covers child labor in the battery industry.

Yes, but what does a responsible supply chain manager actually do? You ask. We answer. Bada  Bing Bada Boom. On this week's episode, Melissa Caraher, Senior Supply Chain Responsibility and Human Rights Manager at AMD, discusses her role in managing supply chain responsibility for one of the world's largest semiconductor companies, supporting the AI Boom. Get your ears in here.

The Trump Administration just negotiated reciprocal trade agreements with Malaysia and Cambodia that require the countries to prohibit the import of goods made with forced labor and strengthen enforcement of their own labor laws. This signals a new trend by the United States to offshore its forced labor import bans to other countries. We speak with former International Trade Specialist for  U.S. D...

Ah Contracts. We love them. We hate them. And yet we begrudgingly face them every day. A well-written contract can provide enormous benefits to the buyer, seller, and the world at large. Sarah Dadush, who teaches contract law at Rutgers University and was just recognized by Vogue Business, is here to teach us how to create supplier contracts that actually work.

What a show! This week's episode features Dr. Laura Murphy, the penultimate subject matter expert regarding import bans on goods made with forced labor. An award-winning researcher and political appointee, Laura T. Murphy led the research project as a professor at Sheffield Hallam University that supported import bans in the United States. She knows a thing or two about responsible supply chains.

Supply chain data is the sock drawer of every company. Nothing matches. There's duplicates everywhere. And it's hidden from the public so there's no reason to fix it. That is until theres a pandemic or trade war. Then everyone is screaming why the data is a mess. On this episode Stephany Lapierre of Tealbook tells us how to clean our sock (data) draws and win the day.

Untuckit is one of the growing apparel brands in the United States, thanks to this episode's guest, Chief Product and Supply Chain Officer, Bjorn Bengstsson. In this episode, we dive into how Untuckit manages product design, supply chain efficiency, and sustainability while riding a bike and chewing gum. While we don't suggest trying this at home, we do recommend trying it at work. d1ZTD5Pzxv8Cj7c...

One story told well can unlock a career, a law, a relationship, a fortune.....you get the point. Our guest is Lisa Kristine, an award-winning human rights photographer who uses her photographs to tell stories about human rights abuses in supply chains. Her life of bad-assery was turned into a movie with Gillian Anderson (X-Files, The Crown) playing Lisa, who is here to teach us all how to tell sto...

What's better than solving a problem? Solving lots of problems at once. Deborah Dull is here to tell us about how to reconfigure our manufacturing processes to solve for trade, climate, and human rights risks all at once! Sound crazy? Listen in and decide for yourself.

All can be fair in love and trade wars, we like to say. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Lea Esterhuizen about how responsible supply chain management adds to a company's bottom line.  

Trade War got you feeling blue? Confused? We've got the cure for your paralysis of analysis. The Prima Donna-OG-MC of Trade is here. Paul Rice will help you see the world, and your supply chain, through fair trade rose-colored x-ray glasses. This is capitalism on creatine.

On this week's episode, we speak with Tu Rinsche, responsible supply chain advisor to Disney and Starbucks along with stints at US State Department and leading NGOs. She is a triple-threat talent here to fill your mind and heart with hard-won wisdom.

We figured you could use some rational and informed talk about trade and tariffs. In episode lucky number seven, we talk with Phyllis Constanza from UBS about how investors are now digging into companies supply chains looking for risk.

Simon Platts, the OG of Responsible Sourcing, built up the responsible sourcing practice at British fast fashion retailer ASOS. Now he's here to tell us how to look good, be good, and feel good. The good news: it's possible. The bad news: we have some work to do.

In this week's episode, we talk to Dr. James Cockayne, New South Wales Australia's First Anti-Slavery Commissioner. A little longer than our typical episodes, but so worth it.

This week we discuss what sustainability and procurement teams will need to know to achieve their goals this year. We talk turtles, decoupage, and 400-page questionnaires with Marc Jacobs, PVH and L'oreal Alum Danielle Azoulay.

Author and scholar Benjamin Skinner joins the RSC to discuss his work exposing slave labor in supply chains. Ben has been a leading voice for supply chain transparency and helps companies find and fix heinous hidden crimes committed by upstream suppliers. He is a leading voice in the anti-trafficking movement. He's also optimistic!

Capitalists of the world unite. In this week's episode, we hear about the pointy business end of responsible supply chains with sustainability OG, PVH & Unilever alum, the effervescent Marcela Manubens.

In this our inaugural episode we discuss why the world needs (and wants) responsible supply chains. Afdhel Aziz and Justin Dillon discuss how  companies that operate with a sense of purpose can supercharge financial goals and outperform their competitors.